Commercial Real Estate Magazine

WORD FROM THE PUBLISHER

REAL ESTATE UNDERGOING A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE

In this issue, our team of journalists and guest contributors set out to do more than simply report on real estate news. They sought to illuminate the deeper forces, contradictions and shifts...

INTERVIEW

GALION MAKES ITS MARK WITH A $100M+ ACQUISITION

Long a discreet player, the real estate firm Galion has just completed its largest acquisition ever with the purchase of five RONA and RONA L’Entrepôt properties on Montréal’s South Shore. The deal...

REAL ESTATE DATA

TOP 50 REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS MONTRÉAL REGION

An exclusive analysis by Newmark for Commercial Real Estate Magazine Transaction period: March 4 to April 30, 2026 Notes Although these data have been compiled with care, neither the publisher nor...

PROPERTY LAW

CAN A LANDLORD FORCE STARBUCKS TO CONTINUE OPERATING AN ABANDONED STORE?

Cominar Real Estate Investment Fund (Cominar) is the owner and manager of Rockland Centre. Cominar leased a commercial space (including an exclusive seating area for customers) to Starbucks Coffee...

DATA + FACTS = SMART INVESTING

RESIDENTIAL DENSIFICATION OF SHOPPING CENTRES A STRATEGIC LEVER FOR GREATER MONTRÉAL

The Greater Montréal Area is entering a pivotal decade. As pressure on the housing market intensifies and the urban footprint continues to expand, hundreds of hectares of asphalt parking lots...

FONDS FTQ WOODEN TOWER

FONDS DE SOLIDARITÉ FTQ RAISES THE BAR WITH A MASS TIMBER BUILDING IN TERREBONNE!

To mark Earth Day, on April 22 the Fonds de solidarité FTQ and its real estate subsidiary officially launched an exceptional construction project in a strategic sector of Terrebonne. Combining...

TOP 10 PMML

UNQUESTIONABLY GREATER MONTRÉAL’S INDUSTRIAL EPICENTRE

Over the past 12 months, Greater Montréal’s industrial market has confirmed a deeply rooted structural reality, i.e. St. Laurent remains the province’s dominant industrial investment hub. With $178...

CONSTRUGEP

CONSTRUGEP TAKES HOME GOLD WITH EXAL QUARTIER OLYMPIQUE!

After running a relay through the construction trades, then making a long jump into community work abroad, CONSTRUGEP and its president Stéphane L’Espérance have now made a successful high jump in...

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

PATIENT CAPITAL VS. IMPATIENT CAPITAL WHERE IS REAL ESTATE HEADED?

Real estate is increasingly being discussed as just another asset class. The expression is convenient. It reassures investors, structures analysis and places the sector within the dominant language of...

A LOOK AT THE SAGUENAY

CITY THROWS ITS DOORS WIDE OPEN TO DEVELOPERS

Development investments over the next decade in Saguenay–Lac St. Jean are estimated at $37.7 billion. Although the majority of projects are industrial or energy-related, the residential and commercial...

TOP 10 GDA

TOP 10 AREAS WITH HIGHEST AVERAGE MONTHLY RENT (BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED IN 2000 OR LATER) QUÉBEC CITY CMA

An exclusive analysis of GDA Services immobiliers intégrés for Commercial Real Estate Magazine The data presented above highlights areas within the Québec City region where rents are highest, focusing...

URBAN ISSUES

HOUSING DEMAND DRIVEN BY HOUSEHOLD FRAGMENTATION

Since the 2021 census, the most common household type in Québec has become the single-person household. In 2025 more than 36% of all occupied dwellings in the province housed only one person. At a...

KEEPING AN EYE ON NEW TRENDS

SCIENTIA POTENTIA EST : THE IMPACT OF AI IN URBAN PLANNING FOR COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE

In our previous article, we demonstrated how monitoring and quantitative data are progressively redefining urban planning in Québec. Planning decisions can no longer rely solely on intentions but must...

REAL ESTATE DATA - QUÉBEC

TOP 25 REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS QUÉBEC CITY CMA

An exclusive analysis by GDA Services immobiliers intégrés for Commercial Real Estate Magazine Although these data have been compiled with care, neither the publisher nor GDA Services immobiliers...

COMMON ARES

WIRTSCHAFTSUNIVERSITÄT, VIENNA

What should a modern university look like? How should it be designed? These are two of the questions that led the Vienna University of Economics and Business, the Wirtschaftsuniversität (WU), to build...

REAL ESTATE ANALYSES

REAL ESTATE GROWTH IN MONTRÉAL AND ITS SUBURBS

Beyond the city’s downtown core, the off-island suburbs have recorded the strongest growth in apartment inventory in recent years. Like in other cities, Montréal has received a wave of new apartment...

CMHC EXPERTISE

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE TORONTO MARKET, AND HOW DOES THE MONTRÉAL MARKET COMPARE?

At present, the condominium market in the Toronto region is undergoing significant upheaval. Existing condo sales are down, and the market has favoured buyers for approximately three years. Since...